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To get construction restarted all that Cranley has stated is he needs a guarantee of covering cost of operations...The Hailie Foundation is capable of doing that...Work out the detail later...Although I tend to think they are already being worked out... http://www.wcpo.com/news/political/local-politics/fta-rejects-streetcar-project-funding-deadline-extension-mayors-office-says "The nonprofit Haile Foundation and some individual benefactors are discreetly trying to raise pledges of money for the troubled project, multiple sources told WCPO." “We've been talking with a number of people who are willing to solve that $3 million to $4 million gap every year. We know there's a way of doing that. There's 17 ways of doing that. There's some uniquely Cincinnati way of doing that,” Haile Foundation Vice President Eric Avner said.

Appears the Hailie Foundation alone has the resources to guarantee operations of the streetcar.....Will they? http://www.faqs.org/tax-exempt/OH/Carol-Ralph-Haile-Jr-Foundation.html

If I had to hazard a guess I think mainline will pull out and United Express will service CVG....Cutting cosst as Express is cheaper for UAL bottom line to run out of a smaller station.Just a guess but this scenario has been considered for quite some time and is not a real suprise to UAL CVG employees

All I know is UAL CVG employees have been told service out of CVG will stop in February....There are United mainline employees at CVG.

Mainline is serviced by the larger aircraft out of in case Cincy 737..... Express service is the smaller 50 seat jets....

Yep pains me to see.....Worked fo rboth United and Delta at CVG...Place is a ghosttown of its former self.

United mainline service is leaving CVG in February next year....Not sure if United Express service will be staying on at this pont...

eh UC will sell seat licenses and of course coporate boxes to fund Nippert expansion only 10-12K. Basketball will be down at the colusieum in 2010 is a good bet right now.The athletic program needs money pretty badly and the colusieum is offering/promising a lot more than can be made at Shoemaker right now.

Thanks for the updates.Positive to hear Cincy's business community seems to be stepping up on the streetcar project.Makes quite a bit of sense for the Fortune 500's downtown to invest in this on thier own end to recruit and retain the top possible work force and keep Cincy viable place to do business. Connecting 90,000 workers downtown to 50,000 uptown? Im not sure even Portland has those numbers of people to work in thier streetcar line.Im expecting big big things for Cincinnati in this project.

A question for the insiders on the streetcar proposal? In all honesty what our the chances looking right now that the streetcar will become a reality? the biggest hurdle looks to be private fiancing to the tune of 35 million plus.How is Cincinnati's business community responding so far?

Maumee was and always will be landlocked not much room for population growth either way or new development.Add in the fact the town has probably dozens if not hundreds of homes on the National Historic Register change is not something that really happens often in the town.Man I remember my parents having to go through hoops to put on a add-on garage to the house took about 12 months of zoning and planning commisions if i remember correctly.

Much appreciated for the comments.That is quite the shame about the Children's home property not having any public space or access.I remember walking the floodplain area on the river every summer to the community swimming pool down by the river on their property.I believe I grew up less than a block and a half away from the place. The Maumee Indoor I wholeheartedly agree was a great expierance growing up and to have access too so close by.$1 movies you could not beat that any day of the week for cheap entertainment although at .75 I guess you now can.If I make it back to town no doubt I will see how the renovation has changed the place. All and all Maumee was a pretty nice town to grow up in between Mudhen games at the Rec Center,raising hell on the Maumee River boating skiing ect It kept me active and busy.

Wow just wow the downtown area has not changed one iota since I grew up and moved away in the late 90's. Just a few comments. Great to see the Maumee Indoor Theatre appears to be back in business and running shows.Never was a big fan on the new Maumee City building/Police Department building on Conant St always seemed to large and out of place for Maumee's downtown area. Any idea's or picture's on what happened to the old children's home properties on River Road? That location and property was always such a waste IMO to stay unused and vacant for as many years as it did.Thanks great photo set.